...make up some signs and post 'em around where the street folks hang out.
signs will say something like...
"free celebration, thursday - march 24th at sundown
Rwagoner
That would be a great idea. If you had afull page advert in your local paper saying when and where the memorial will be held.
Free drinks and food available, can you imagine the horror, the Dubs would feel LOL
They would have "security " on the gates before you could come in.
for those of you that know my background, you know that my only sibling, a sister (nonjw) disowned me back in the '70s along with my parents when i became a jw.
when i daed myself in '99, i wrote them and apologized for making a terrible mistake, etc and heard nothing.
i just got an email from my sister asking for my address because she wants to write to me, and she signed it "love, your little sis"..
Sunspot
You mentioned on another post that your children shunned you when you where disfellowdhipped. Do they speak to you now??
Seems like youve had quite a lot of your family shunning you for being in the org AND for being out.Guess you cant win!
Goodluck with your sister
i thought this was "bull" from night court when i was a kid.... .
lucille ball?!
?...from "i love lucy"??!?!?.
Dmouse
Forget the man sniffing what about the one lying on the floor with his robe "just so" and arns outstretched??????
i keep seeing that name and would love to know who in the heck he is/was.... was he part of the governing body at one time?
is he in coc?
i have only gotten 1/2 way through the book so far...
Why do you want to be called stupid????????
No JW knows who he is
He just rules every part of their lives !!!!!
those of you who saw my threads, know that my grandpa was going to die.
you may also remember the fact
that he went from the catholic religion to jw"s, may have had this wrong at first, but in 2003. we discussed the fact
I know how you feel, ive just had friends over on holiday. They dont know were fading
It would be so much easier to be in the org instead of all this deciet
I still belive in Jehovah but not the org, its so hard, we got a phone call to tell us about the special talk and the memorial, it just feels so safe and comfortable I think I could easily go back but my husband wont.
Good luck
Keep posting!!!!!!!!!!
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i remember about 5 or 6 years ago,they introduced the pioneer-assist program at one of the service meetings.the purpose of of this program was for the spiritually-strong pioneers to go out in service with an r&f member on a weekly basis for about 6 months to help build up others in the congregation.part of this was because in the mid to late 90's a large number of people had become jw's and they wanted to make good publishers with them.. anyways,my wife was quickly signed up as was another young sister down the road.my wife was excited about it and was really hoping to benefit spiritually.within a few weeks though,her pioneer partner started making up excuses why she couldn't go out with my wife until eventually their arrangement just petered out.the young sister down the road was also quickly ditched;the pioneer saying she had to care for her elderly mother(she didn't stop pioneering though).before long the pioneer clique was back to normal and the spiritually-strong pioneers were again going out in service with other spiritually-strong pioneers.i don't recall any updates or the program itself ever mentioned again at the kingdom hall,like it was just a bad experiment or a major burden on the pioneers.. does anyone have any experiences with the pioneer-assist program?
Actually this worked for me
I was told, it was for ones who had the potential to become pioneers, so I swallowed that.
Then I was assigned to a friend who was pioneering, so we had a good time and in fact she was really good, by the end of 6 months I was doing the service with just the bible instead of just doing tracts and mags.
I felt a lot more confident and auxilery pioneered myself more often.
Had loads of return visits and that.
I really felt I was achieving something. The problem is its all for nothing in the end.
After 12 months I was back on tracts, wandering the streets again, it just doesnt last
if i tell my wife she has to help with the holidays and participate even if it's under duress she has to right?
anybody got any idea where i can find that in writing?.
i thought i remembered seeing something about it but i can't find it now and i've been looking for hours!
I wish id had this article 20 years ago instead of inflicting MY beliefs on my husband
i loved christmas but this was my proof i was loyal, roles reversed i would have told my husband to %¤¤#""¤ off how did he put up with me
He also came in the org few years later, to keep me , now he tells me !!!!!!!!!!!!
I have never read this info very interesting
good morning brothers and sisters!
are you ready for some spiritual food today?
well good!
With regards to the mamoths with the straw still in their mouths, this really proves the flood NOT
I always thought, if I was munching on some straw (yeah Ill eat anything if im hungry) then if a shock flood happened surely ,any thing in my mouth would be washed away
Ive asked a lot of ppl on this and never had agood answer
This was a real biggy for me
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my brother called me today.he is 20 ,3 years younger than me,and out of the religion.he still has fear though that it could be true,but thats another story.. he told me he heard my mother and father talking upstairs.my mother said about the org "ive put 26 years into it,i think i'm done with it,i might just go sunday from now on".this is huge ,because she was a devoted nutjob witness.she made my life horrible for the 1st 17 years of my life.i had been trying to suddly tell her the truth about the troof,but i didn't expect this.i'm happy and yet i want to know where she stands with the borganization.. this along with what seems to be an outpouring of similar stories,i have a gut feeling the jehovahs witness mind control cult is on the brink of implosion.everyone is so burdened by it.the jig is up,gb,good riddance when you fold.the rank and file have had enough.my 2 younger sisters are on the edge of mental freedom.i hope they can fully get free of it.. this is a milestone in my families long and strange trip in mental enslavement!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I had a friend say she thinks the end is soon, cos all the congregations have have big problems
She said so many are leaving or devorcing
They just think its persecution and they need to be stronger and more zealous. I think its going a be a long time yet before the org falls flat.
its time to leave.
i have had all the answers i need to make a firm decision.
thank you so much everyone for your replies, for talking to me over the last few weeks and for some of the humour.. i believe the jws are right and that they have the truth.
All I can say is, unbelievable, I came on this forum unhappy with the org, but not with the doctrines.
It took only a few hours before I realised the truth about the truth, and id been in for 20 years!!!!!!!!1
With all the experiences shes heard here, shes still going to go into the fire.
I just hope it doesnt take her 20 years to realise whats she done, and I hope to god shes hasnt small children
Maybe, when shes been baptized for 6 months and all the love bombing stops, and it will shell come to here senses. I hope so
Holly if your reading this goodluck your going to need it
